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Welcome back to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto. our national lead now. police in north dakota are using tear gas, rubbing bullets and water hoses against hundreds of demonstrators standing in solidarity with the standing rock sioux indian tribe. they're protesting the 1200 mile long pipeline. one protester nearly lost her arm when she claims police threw an explosive device into the crowd. paul, what are police saying about the use of force there? >> reporter: they're saying they were justified in using the fire hoses but say they never threw concussion grenades. that's a point of huge contention...

Remain on this disputed bridge, and they're not being moved off that bridge right now by law enforcement. they've called them very aggressive. and as you pointed out, carol, at one point, the authorities used water cannons. actually they were fire hoses attached to engines, and they began to blast away the demonstrators. law enforcement officers also confirming that they used rubber bullets, and tear gas. now we do have one report from an organizer of the protest who said he believes at least 200 people have suffered from various injuries, including those blasts from those hoses, as well as a ...

In the snow. but forget dna. any possibility of finding that was flushed away by fire hoses. >> and then i get word from the medical examiner's office that they had recovered a knife that was sticking in the woman's back. what did you think when you heard that? >> i went back to my photographs and, sure enough, in the middle of her back was the knife. >> so someone stabbed her. but who? firefighters tipped police that a brother/sister duo across the street, rocky and jessica fugett, had been watching the fire, claimed to know the victim. robert davis and his friend, kevin marsh, knew them as a...

A few small footprints out back but forget dna. any possibility of finding that was flushed away by fire hoses. >> and then i get word from the medical examiner's office that they had recovered a knife that was sticking in the woman's back. what did you think when you heard that? >> sure enough in the middle of her back was the knife. >> so someone stabbed her. but who? firefighters tipped police that a brother/sister duo across the street, rocky and jessica, had been watching the fire, claimed to know the victims. robert davis and his friend, kevin marsh, knew them as aggressive troublemakers...

Of finding that was flushed away by fire hoses. >> and then i get word from the medical examiner's office that they had recovered a knife that was sticking in the woman's back. and -- >> what'd you think when you heard that? >> i went back to my photographs. and sure enough, in the middle of her back, was the knife. >> reporter: so, someone stabbed her, but who? firefighters tipped police that a brother/sister duo across the street. rocky and jessica fugett had been watching the fire, claimed to know the victims. robert davis and his friend, kevin marsh, knew them as aggressive troublemakers a...